HNP – On the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) 2018, National Assembly (NA) Permanent Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong on February 8 paid a pre-Tet visit and extended greetings to officials and soldiers of the Traffic Police Division under the Ha Noi Department of Police. The event saw the attendance of Nguyen Duc Chung, member of the Party Central Committee and Chairman of the Ha Noi People’s Committee.

According to Dao Vinh Thang, Head of the Traffic Police Division, over the past year the Division managed over 300 key traffic intersections throughout the capital city; installed about 400 cameras for traffic monitoring.

After all, the Division handled 6,994 violation cases, sent announces to 15,092 offenders, contributing to detecting many criminal objects. Functional forces focused on ensuring safety for international visits and important events.

Preparing for Tet 2018, the Division made a plan on ensuring traffic safety for 31 firework sites, entertainment parks and traditional festivals throughout the capital city. Especially, at the New Year's Eve, working teams will strengthen inspection to prevent racing. On the fifth day of the first lunar month, traffic police forces will launch a campaign on traffic safety assurance to serve local people returning to their works.

On behalf of NA leaders, Permanent Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong congratulated the Department of Police on its gained achievements in 2017.

She praised greater gains made by Ha Noi in fields of urban order, traffic order and safety, environmental sanitation, contributing to protecting political security, promoting the socio-economic development and growth.

Underlining the Capital’s important role in socio-economic development, education, security, national defence, she expected that in the coming time, Ha Noi will continue ensuring order, security, social and traffic safety and noted that the Traffic Police Division should consolidate the force and strictly handle violation cases.

Besides, the NA Vice Chairwoman asked the Division to focus on enhancing the application of science and technology for the task, strengthening the popularization to raise people’s awareness on Traffic Law, enriching professional knowledge and skills to meet demands of missions in the new situation, etc.

The Division should boost the cooperation with relevant units, functional forces to reduce traffic accidents and ensure absolute safety for great events, she said.